Rene Paredes made all five of his field-goal attempts, setting a record for consecutive FGs with 34, as the Calgary Stampeders defeated the Winnipeg Bombers 37-24 Friday night.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Jade Etienne stretches across for the touchdown against Calgary Stampeders' Quincy Butler in the first half at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg on July 26, 2013. But the Stamps won 37-24.

By:Judy OwensThe Canadian Press, Published on Fri Jul 26 2013

WINNIPEG—Bo Levi Mitchell threw a trio of touchdown passes in his first CFL start and Rene Paredes made all five of his field-goal attempts as the Calgary Stampeders defeated the Winnipeg Bombers 37-24 Friday night.

Paredes’ sure foot set a CFL record for consecutive regular-season field goals with 34, breaking Paul McCallum’s record of 30 from 2011.

The victory improved Calgary’s record to 4-1, while the Bombers dropped to 1-4 in front of 31,567 fans at Investors Group Field.

Winnipeg has lost eight straight games to the Stampeders, with its last victory back in Week 2 of 2009.

Mitchell, Calgary’s third-stringer, got the start ahead of Drew Tate, who sat out with a forearm injury and Kevin Glenn, who is out with an elbow injury.

The Texan threw TD passes to Greg Carr, Anthony Parker and Marquay McDaniel. Rob Maver added a 50-yard punt single and Paredes’ field goals were from 37, 19, 26, 32 and 23 yards.

Bombers quarterback Justin Goltz was also making his first career start, replacing Buck Pierce, who suffered a stomach injury in last week’s loss to Toronto.

The fourth-year quarterback threw a pair of touchdown passes to Canadian Jade Etienne, which were the third-year receiver’s first CFL TDs.

Bomber Justin Palardy connected on a 41-yard field goal and Chad Simpson ran in a two-yard TD with 1:19 left in the game.

The game marked the first CFL matchup in 17 years to feature quarterbacks making their first pro starts for both teams.

Mitchell completed 29 of 33 pass attempts for 376 yards, three TDs and no interceptions. Goltz was 19-of-35 for 194 yards, two TDs and one interception.

Calgary led 8-7 after the first half, 17-14 at halftime and 27-14 after the third quarter.

Both quarterbacks notched their first career touchdown passes in the opening quarter.

Mitchell tossed a 27-yard TD strike to the six-foot-six Carr in the end zone, who outstretched five-foot-nine defensive back Marty Markett for the ball at 12:23.

Goltz notched his first TD pass in a six-play, 73-yard drive that included his 40-yard pass to Rory Kohlert on a broken play. Calgary was also called for a face mask on the play and Winnipeg moved to Calgary’s 11-yard line.

After a six-yard run by Simpson, Goltz fired a quick pass to Etienne as he crossed in front of the goalpost with time running out in the opening quarter.

Winnipeg’s defence kept the momentum going on Calgary’s next series when they sacked Mitchell and then he threw an incomplete pass.

Maver then shanked a punt that only went 23 yards and out of bounds at the Stamps’ 44-yard line.

Goltz used that good field position to record his second career TD pass when the Michigan native sent a similar eight-yard pass to Etienne to make it 14-8 for Winnipeg at 3:38.

The Stamps closed the gap 14-11 after running back Jon Cornish put up a 38-yard run that led to Paredes’ 37-yarder at 12:40.

Paredes ended the first half with his second FG at 13:38 and his third one as time ran out.

Mitchell completed 16 of 20 pass attempts for 224 yards in the first half, while Goltz was 9-of-15 for 95 yards.

The Stamps outscored the Bombers 10-0 in the third quarter.

Mitchell engineered a nine-play, 82-yard touchdown drive to open the third quarter, capped by Parker’s 15-yard catch in the end zone. Cornish had 31 rushing yards and a 14-yard catch during the drive.

After a turnover on downs by the Bombers, Paredes booted his fourth FG of the game to up Calgary’s lead 27-14 with less than three minutes left in the third quarter.

Palardy opened the fourth quarter with his 41-yarder, but the Stamps answered back with McDaniel’s 10-yard TD catch and Paredes’ fifth FG of the night at 10:44 for the 37-17 margin.

The Bombers worked for Simpson’s late TD run, which finished off a 17-play, 75-yard drive.

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